I'll handle it like I handled all other Nintendo consoles. I have one for legit use and one that I open up for, er, "alternative" content.

Yeah, I can wait for emulators instead of spending $500 on something I won't own.

I don't like this practice, and it's one of the primary reasons I'm not buying a Switch 2, but his console wasn't bricked, it was just banned from playing online. And don't trot out that tired old "effectively bricked" line, words have meanings, and the words you said do not mean what happened.

Just to be clear, this isn't brick on a whim, this is disabling access to online services on a whim.

Seems a lot of commenters are getting that confused due to not opening the link.

You know how like some men have those fetishes where they pay a dominatrix to kick them in the balls for pleasure, and it's all legal and consensual?

Well similarly, some consoomers like to pay Nintendo to get kicked in the balls, figuratively, instead of paying for a device that respects you, like a Steam Deck for example.

Just stop giving money to companies that disrespect you, it is that simple, you DON't NEED Nintendo's latest slop in your life. But no, they like it more when Mario or Yoshi kicks them in the balls instead, so here we are.

It's funny to me because I've never heard anyone refer to Nintendo as "Big N" there's a handful of other things referred to as Big N, Nintendo is not one of them.

American racists don't get to claim exclusive rights to the letter N.

"Big N" is an older term from Nintendo. Think the giant rotating "N" from the Nintendo 64 logo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb-h4oLctQc

This is about someone buying a used cart that had been dumped with the MIG Flash mod.

I remember when this MIG mod got released people were saying buying used would now be a roulette as Nintendo can spot the duplicated cart when it is used online and blacklist your switch. Not sure how often it ended up happening, but at least once it seems from this article.

Can't say I'm happy with how Nintendo is dealing with physical games, which means I'll need a really good reason to buy a Switch 2 myself. But Microsoft (and to a lesser extent Sony) are trying harder to kill physical sales and resale.

Nintendo at least have some skin in the game as they have the largest percentage of physical sales compared to Microsoft/Sony.

This has nothing to do with patent trolling.

Thank you for sharing, both those resonate with me as well.

I have a fond memory of playing Mario Kart Wii online with my brother when I was a kid, and we ran into into a clearly hacking player who was just constantly spamming items, permanently invincible, etc.

Thankfully hackers weren’t common when I played so it felt like seeing a unicorn in the wild.

I ditched them after the way they unceremoniously killed off the Wii U and 3DS Miiverse almost immediately after switch released. Miiverse was a massive part of Wii U's experience, so it was a pretty big punch to the gut when it suddenly went away in 2017. the main menu on Wii U is populated with dozens of randomly chosen miis running around and "discussing" games by displaying speech bubbles with Miiverse posts and it also integrated the Miiverse directly into several games. For the last 8 years that's all been replaced with generic, fake miiverse posts that are hardcoded into the firmware as a fallback for when the internet isn't working. Any game that previously had miiverse functionality lost it in summer 2017, less than five years after the Wii U's release.

Super Mario Maker (September 2015) actually became nigh-unplayable less than two years after its release because it relied on Miiverse to share levels with other players. You can still make your own levels and not share them with anyone, but being able to share your levels online with other players was a significant part of that game.

And that's on top of the fact that anything you buy from Nintendo's many online "eshops"/"shop channels" (there's literally a new online store+account system for every console!) will be destroyed within a decade because they don't think of you as a customer anymore once they have your money.

BTW another great example of how much Nintendo screwed over their most loyal customers: prior to the switch's announcement, preview of Breath of the Wild had a minimap on the Wii U's controller but that was removed in the final release because they didn't want the Wii U version to have an advantage over the Switch port.

They make excellent games?

Cool hardware, generally stable experience, family friendly, lots of games which are enriching, the portability is awesome, it’s inexpensive, the games are fun, lots of exclusives…

You couldn’t think of ANY of these?

Really, what’s a good alternative to Nintendo? I argue they don’t really have any competition.

For myself it was my first console bought on pre sale. And here in my country is much more expensive.

Basically I raised the bar tremendously. I have the console, MKW, probably will buy Metroid, probably another Zelda. But that's it. I will not tolerate a low bar.

Now that indies are constantly increasing theirs with more genuine experiences? No no no

I bought NSW2 to be my defacto indie platform as well, but I just reporpused a laptop with Arch/Proton/Steam/Gog and I will work on that.

All my accessories from 8bitdo are working flawlessly, so not even a controller I will buy. I don't even bothered to buy the special SD card they require because I can't see myself using even the internal storage, unlike my NSW1.

I'm also part of the group that was shocked with the changes on MKW as well. A long time Nintendo fan disappointed.

I stayed fan for all this time because the experience hassle free. I don't want another Denuvo strategy, or games becoming boring like many mobile games.

I hope more people realize that there are options out there. Support the indies is my choice.

> Why would someone in their right mind ever buy a Nintendo product?

Correction: Why would someone in their right mind ever buy a Nintendo product and use it accordance within the manufacturer's guidelines?

I purchased a first gen (rcm exploit) switch and I couldn't be happier with my investment.

I'm not concerned about being banned as it is never connected to the internet... for "reasons". :)

The only reason someone buys any gaming hardware: games are good.

No, there are plenty of people who have reported being banned over used games. The article cites another article where the same thing happened (and no, it's not a pirate pretending to be innocent, Nintendo reversed the ban).